Mold.



PATENTED MAR. 7, 1905.

J. P. PLATTBNBBRGER.

MOLD.

APPLoATIoN FILED PEB. 1904,

@Hof/11 my! to the taper of the posts to be made.

STATES Patented March 7, 1905.

PATENT MOLD..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. '781,1?6, dated March7, 1905.

Application filed February 8, 1904. Serial No. 192,554.

To 1r/L tlf/1,0117, it '/'ltag/ concern:

Be it known that l, JACOB l. PLA'rrnNmaa- GER, a citizen ot' the UnitedStates, residing at Savanna, in the county of Carroll and State ofIllinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Molds, ot' whichthe following is a spccilication.

'lhis invention relates particularly to molds lor molding tence-posts.lts main object is to provide a mold in which a considerable number ol1fence-posts may be molded at the saine time.

A further object is to construct such a mold so that it may be adjustedor varied in size to mold posts oil dili'erent sizes.

A further object is to produce a mold cheap and simple in constructionand operation with intent to place it within the ability ot' any averageman to mold and makehis own fenceposts.

A 'further object is to produce a knockdown mold which may be takenapart and packed in comparatively small space.

.l n the accompanying drawings, wherein the invention is illustrated,Figure l isa plan view ol the mold arranged to mold live posts at once.Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a side elevation. Figs. etand 5 are respectively top and side views ot' one ol the moldbottoms.Fig. 6 is a vertical section oli a mold adjusted to smaller size.

'lhe mold is preferably and conveniently made of boards, although ironplates may be substituted, it desired.

Referring' specilically to the drawings, the molds are shownarranged tocast tapering posts, and the wide and narrow ends et' the posts arearranged alternatelynext each other, so as to economize space and permitthe Vuse of a single board or side between each mold.

The side boards of the molds are indicated at 6 and are of somewhatgreater length than the posts to be made, and the arrangement is suchthat the inner boards form the sides ot' two molds, as shown. Themold-bottoms are indicated at 7. These are positioned between the sideboards and taper in width aceoirldling iey are also caused to taper inheight or thick` ness or to rest at an inclination between the sideboards by means of? wedge-shaped pieces 8, fastened thereunder. Thesepieces raise the small end `ot' the bottoms to a proper height to givethe resulting posts the desired taper. At the side edges the bottomboards 7 have miter or beveled strips 7 to produceV a liat corner on theposts and at each end have cleats 7b, against which the. top and bottompieces l) and l0 are placed when the parts are assembled.

Then the parts are assembled, they are held together by rods ll, whichextend through holes in the side boards just outside the ends referredto. At one end these rods have cranks l2 and collars lC- and at theother end are threaded to receive nuts lll. By means otl thesecrank-rods the parts are tightened in an obvious manner and heldtogether while the material is poured in the molds and while the postsare setting. l/Vhen they are set, the rods are unscrewed, allowing thesides to loosen and t'all apart, so that the posts may be readilyremoved.

rlo make posts ot' smaller size, the bottoms ot the molds are blocked upby means of strips l5, (shown in Fig. (5,) which are inserted under thebottom and raise the same to a corresponding cx tent, and accordinglythe distance between the sides is made smaller by means or' boards 16,which are putin place against the sides 'lhe thickness of these boardsand the thickness ol the. strips l5, placed under the bottom ol themolds, lixes the size ol" the posts.

Alt will be seen that the two rods ll fasten all the parts together, anda number olI posts can be cast simultaneously. The parts can all bereadily got out ot' ordinary lumber, except the binding-rods, which aresimple and cheap in construction. T he absence et' special parts orappliances is noticeable, and the whole lorms a cheap and easy means forcasting a number of fence-posts at once and Ytor varying the sizethereof, as desired.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A plural mold comprising a plurality ol separate sides, a pluralityolI bottom pieces therebetween, having cleats thereon, end pieceslitting between the sides, upon the bottom pieces and against thecleats, and rods extending through the sides, at the ends thereof, andbinding the parts together.

2. A plural mold comprising a series of separate sides, endstherebetween, separate bottoms adjustable between the respective sides,removable inner boards placed against the

